February, 2017

Vita

Joseph E. Wilkinson

South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology 1131 Rutland Ave.

University of South Carolina West Columbia, SC 29169
1321 Pendleton Street 803-747-2944
wilkinje@email.sc.edu

Education
2015 present Master of Arts, Anthropology, University of South Carolina
Expected date of Graduation: May 2017
Thesis Topic: Subsistence and Mobility in Early Archaic South Carolina

2013 Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, University of South Carolina

Undergraduate Thesis: The Effects of Material Quality on Tool Form and
Selection During the Early Archaic at the Johannes Kolb Site 38DA75

Honors and Awards

Conference Travel Assistance totaling $250 received from Anthropology Department, USC, Fall
2016
Summer Research Funding Assistance totaling $485 received from Anthropology Department,
USC Fall 2016
Archaeological Society of South Carolina Grant-in-Aid Graduate Research Grant totaling $1000,
Spring 2016
Graduate Assistantship Fall 2015 - Spring 2017
Archaeological Research Trust Grant totaling $3,475 received with Dr. Albert C. Goodyear for
2015, to organize a lithic raw material type collection and construct a computer database with
associated information.
American Legion Athletic Student Scholarship, Fall 2009 Spring 2010, American Legion
Discovery Day Poster Presentation, Second Place in Group, Spring 2013, University of South
Carolina
Hope Scholarship, Fall 2009 Spring 2010, State of South Carolina
Graduated Cum Laude
Life Scholarship, Fall 2010 Spring 2013, State of South Carolina
Luella Schloemann Educational Fund Scholarship, Fall 2009 Spring 2013, Womens Auxiliary
of the Shriners Hospital
The Dirty Trowel Scholarship, Fall 2012 Spring 2013, Anthropology Department, University of
South Carolina

Professional Experience
2012-Present South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina
Positions Held: Library assistant, lab technician washing and processing artifacts, lithic analysis,
digitizations of site files and reports, database management, field technician, and lab
manager for the Southeastern Paleoamerican Survey (Topper).

Archaeological Field Experience

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2016 May-June Topper Site, SC. Field Lab Manager (Prehistoric)

2015 May-June Topper Site, SC. Field Lab Manager (Prehistoric)
2015 March White Pond, SC. Excavation (Volunteer) (Prehistoric)
2015 Jan-Feb Fort Frederick, SC. Field Technician (Historic)
2014 Oct-Nov High Creek Plantation, SC. Excavation (Volunteer) (Prehistoric)
2014 March Kolb Site, SC. Excavation (Volunteer) (Historic and Prehistoric)
2013 Jan-May Fort Congaree, SC. (Field School) (Historic and Prehistoric)
2012 May Topper Site, SC. Excavation (Volunteer) (Prehistoric)
2012 March Kolb Site, SC. Excavation (Volunteer) (Historic and Prehistoric)
2011 May Witherspoon Island, SC. (Field School) (Historic)
2011 March Kolb Site, SC. Excavation (Volunteer) (Historic and Prehistoric)

Related Professional Experience

2013 Jan Oct. Analyzed artifacts and prepared and curated a traveling exhibition on the Topper site
that was shown at the Paleoamerican Odyssey Conference October 16-19, 2013. During the Conference I
maintained the exhibit, answered questions and discussed the Topper Site and Paleoamerican archaeology
with conference delegates. Supervisor: Dr. Albert Goodyear.

2013-present Compiling a database of private artifact collections with Dr. Albert C. Goodyear.

2010-present Flintknapping, experimental archaeology, primitive technology.

Publications

Wilkinson, Joseph E.
In press Across the Coastal Plain from Savannah to Santee: Early Archaic Mobility and Raw Material
Utilization in South Carolina. In Early Human Life on the Southeastern Coastal Plain,
University of Florida Presses, In Press.

2014 The Effects of Material Quality on Tool Form and Selection During the Early Archaic at the
Johannes Kolb Site 38DA75. SC Antiquities 46: 65-76.

Goodyear, Albert C. III and Joseph E. Wilkinson

2014a Prehistory at High Creek Plantation: A Black Mingo Chert Source and Quarry in Calhoun County,
South Carolina. SC Antiquities 46: 35-44.

2014b Across the Coastal Plain: Examining the Prehistoric Archaeology of the Inter-Riverine Zone
Through Private Collections. Legacy 18(2): 15-17.

Wilkinson, Joseph E.
2013 The Effects of Material Quality on Tool Form and Selection during the Early Archaic at the
Johannes Kolb Site 38DA75. Unpublished BA Senior Thesis, Department of Anthropology,
University of South Carolina, Columbia.

Professional Conference Presentations

Wilkinson, Joseph E.
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2017 Modeling Early Archaic Mobility and Subsistence: Quantifying Resource Cost and Risk.
Paper presented at the Archaeological Society of South Carolina 43rd Annual
Conference, University of South Carolina, February 18.

2016 Modeling Early Archaic Mobility and Subsistence: Quantifying Resource Cost and Risk.
Paper presented at the Southeastern Archaeology Conference, Presented in Symposium:
Hunter-Gatherer Societies of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Southeast. Athens,
GA.

2016 Modeling Early Archaic Mobility and Subsistence in South Carolina: A Proposal. Paper
presented at the South Carolina Anthropology Student Conference, University of South
Carolina, Columbia.

2015 Documenting Orthoquartzite Tool Stone in the Beaver Creek Locality in Calhoun County, South
Carolina. Paper presented at the Archaeological Society of South Carolina Annual Conference,
Given with Dr. Albert C. Goodyear, Columbia, SC.

2015 Across the Coastal Plain: Looking at Early Archaic Hafted Bifaces by Raw Material and
Geography. Paper presented at the Archaeological Society of South Carolina Annual Conference.
Columbia, SC.

2014 Across the Coastal Plain: Looking at Early Archaic Hafted Bifaces by Raw Material and
Geography. Paper presented at the Southeastern Archaeological Society Conference, Presented in
Symposium: Early Human Life on the Southeastern Coastal Plain. Greenville, SC.

2014 Prehistory at High Creek Plantation: A Black Mingo Chert Source and Quarry in Calhoun County,
South Carolina. Paper presented at the Archaeological Society of South Carolina Annual
Conference, Given with Dr. Albert C. Goodyear, Columbia.

2014 The Effects of Material Quality on Tool Form and Selection During the Early Archaic at the
Johannes Kolb Site 38DA75. Paper presented at the Archaeological Society of South Carolina
Annual Conference, University of South Carolina, Columbia.

2013 The Effects of Material Quality on Tool Form and Selection During the Early Archaic at the
Johannes Kolb Site 38DA75. Paper presented at the South Carolina Anthropology Student
Conference, Winthrop University, Rock Hill.

2013 The Effects of Material Quality on Tool Form and Selection During the Early Archaic at the
Johannes Kolb Site 38DA75. Paper presented at the Discovery Day Student Conference,
University of South Carolina, Columbia.

Invited Lectures, Presentations, Public Outreach

Oct 17, 2016 Flintknapping demonstration for the Columbia Gem and Mineral Society.

Feb 4, 2016 Flintknapping demonstration for undergraduate class, Dr. Andy White, University of
South Carolina.

Feb 3, 2016 Flintknapping demonstration for undergraduate and graduate class, Dr. Joanna Casey,
University of South Carolina..
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April 23, 2015 Talk given at the Augusta Archaeological Society meeting: From Savannah to Santee:
Looking at Early Archaic Hafted Bifaces by Raw Material and Geography.

2013-Present Research with private collections, public outreach with these collectors.

Oct 26-27 2012 Flintknapping demonstration and lessons to students of College of Charleston and
interested public.
Association Memberships

2013-Present Archaeological Society of South Carolina

2014-Present Center for the Study of the First Americans
2014-Present Southeastern Archaeological Conference

Professional Conferences Attended

References

Dr. Joanna Casey

Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina, Anthropology Department
803-777-6700
jlc@sc.edu

Dr. Albert C. Goodyear

Affiliate Research Professor at the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, the
University of South Carolina.
803-576-6579
goodyear@mailbox.sc.edu

Dr. Karen Smith

Head of Applied Research Division, the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, the
University of South Carolina.
803-576-6581
smithky2@mailbox.sc.edu